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Introduction
Even children who don't live near the ocean have a facination with the sea and its wonderful creatures. In this mini unit, kinder kids will learn that oceans cover most of our world and that ocean water has different characteristics than fresh water. While fish and whales may share the same ocean habitat, they belong to different animal families. This mini unit is designed to be used with cross age buddies to assist kinder kids.
Subject:ScienceStandards Addressed
Topic:Introduction to Ocean Life for Early Primary
Grade:Kindergarten
Student Lesson name and URL: Fish and Whales Are Different Beasts ctap295.ctaponline.org/~mcasey
KINDERGARTEN
LIFE SCIENCE
2. Different
types of plants and animals inhabit the Earth.
As a basis for understanding
this concept, students know:
a. how to observe
and describe similarities and differences in the appearance and behavior
of plants
and of animals (e.g.,
seed-bearing plants, birds, fish, insects).
c.
how to identify major structures of common plants and animals (e.g., stems,
leaves, roots, arms,
wings, legs).
EARTH SCIENCE
3. The Earth
is composed of land, air and water.
As a basis for understanding
this concept, students know:
a. characteristics
of mountains, rivers, OCEANS,
valleys, deserts, and local landforms.
Instructional
Objectives
1. Students will be able to talk about the Earth's surface, correctly indicating that most of that surface (70%) is composed of water.
2. Students will be able to talk about one difference between fresh and ocean water.
3. Students will be able to label common structures on a fish including gills, tail, dorsal fin, pectoral fin and scales.
4. Students will be able to label common structures on a whale including fluke, blow hole and pectoral fin.
5. Students will be able to give to two similarities and two differences between fish and whales.
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Student
Activities
Introductory Activity
Students will take a pretest to determine their current knowledge of the ocean, fish and whales. The pretest can be administered by the teacher before cross age buddies begin working with the kinders if desired.
Enabling Activities
1. Students will visit a NASA internet site to view an image of the Earth from space.
2. Students will play a game using an inflatable "Earth" beach ball to get a feel for the land/water ratio of the Earth's surface.
3. Students will conduct an experiment that illustrates one characteristic difference between fresh and salt water.
4. Students will visit an internet site for children on fish. They will be able to download and print a fish coloring page of their choice from this site.
5. Students will visit an internet site for children on whales.
Culminating
Activity
Students will take
a post test to determine how much they learned from this mini unit.
Assessment
Pre and post testing will be used to gauge both beginning and ending student knowledge on the ocean, fish and whales.
Results.
Web
Resources & Supplementary Materials
Introductory Activity
A pretest
Pre
post testing
Enabling Activity
related web sites
http://www.earth.nasa.gov/gallery/Originals/goes8.jpg
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/fish/printouts/Fishcoloring.shtml
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/subjects/whales/
books with OCEAN
themes:
Nature Books: Oceans
by Kristin Ward PowerKids Press
The Magic School Bus
On the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole Scholastic Inc
Questions and Answers
About Seashore Animals by Michael Chinery
Kingfisher
A Swim through the
Sea by Kristin Joy Pratt Dawn Publications
Amazing Sea Facts
by Su Swallow Mallard Press
Coral Reef Hideaway
by Doe Boyle Smithsonian Oceanic Collection
Into the Sea
by Brenda Z. Guiberson Scholastic Inc
Sea Squares by Joy
N. Hulme Hyperion Books for Children
Somewhere in the Ocean
by Jennifer Ward and TJ Marsh Scholastic Inc
videos:
Animal Adventures:
Dolphin National Audubon Society's Family Wildlive
series
Shark DK Eyewitness
Series
Growing Up Wild: Spouts
Ahoy! Time Life Video
Culminating Activity
A post test will be
given to determine the success of the lesson. You can view or download
it at this link: Pre post testing
Moira Casey
Shasta
Union Elementary
POB
1125
Shasta,
CA 96087
e-mail
address: mcasey@rsd.shastalink.k12.ca.us
Last
Revised: 05/30/01